Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

The Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS)
Spring 2012 Data Tables

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Q47c: For your community, what impact do you believe rigorous teacher evaluation based on student performance have had — or would have — on the academic achievement of K-12 students?

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
For your community, what impact do you believe rigorous teacher evaluation based on student performance have had — or would have — on the academic achievement of K-12 students? Very Positive 15% 14% 14% 15% 14%
Somewhat Positive 38% 38% 39% 36% 38%
Neither Positive nor Negative 22% 18% 18% 25% 19%
Somewhat Negative 12% 9% 9% 6% 9%
Very Negative 2% 5% 7% 3% 5%
Don't Know 11% 17% 14% 15% 16%

Population Size Crosstabulation
% within Population Size
  Population Category Total
<1500 1500-5000 5001-10000 10001-30000 >30000
For your community, what impact do you believe rigorous teacher evaluation based on student performance have had — or would have — on the academic achievement of K-12 students? Very Positive 14% 14% 11% 15% 15% 14%
Somewhat Positive 34% 39% 37% 44% 42% 38%
Neither Positive nor Negative 19% 21% 17% 13% 16% 19%
Somewhat Negative 8% 8% 13% 9% 9% 9%
Very Negative 6% 3% 6% 2% 5% 5%
Don't Know 17% 14% 15% 16% 14% 16%

Region of Michigan Crosstabulation
% within Region of Michigan
  MI regions based on State of the State Survey Total
Upper Peninsula Northern Lower Peninsula West Central Lower Peninsula East Central Lower Peninsula Southwest Lower Peninsula Southeast Lower Peninsula
For your community, what impact do you believe rigorous teacher evaluation based on student performance have had — or would have — on the academic achievement of K-12 students? Very Positive 12% 13% 12% 15% 15% 18% 14%
Somewhat Positive 37% 40% 39% 31% 33% 45% 38%
Neither Positive nor Negative 20% 15% 18% 23% 23% 15% 19%
Somewhat Negative 8% 8% 11% 8% 10% 7% 9%
Very Negative 4% 7% 5% 5% 5% 4% 5%
Don't Know 18% 18% 16% 17% 16% 11% 16%

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